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Rwanda's ruling party again chooses Kagame as presidential candidate

President of Rwanda Paul Kagame arrives for a group photograph before the opening ceremony of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at AU headquarters, Addis Ababa, February 17, 2024. © Amanuel Sileshi, AFP

Rwanda's ruling party on Saturday picked President Paul Kagame as its candidate for the July election, teeing up a contest widely expected to return the longtime leader to office for a fourth seven-year term. 

The 66-year-old has ruled over the landlocked African nation with an iron fist for decades and won the presidency in elections in 2003, 2010 and 2017 – with more than 90 percent of the vote.

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